Angels go wild in ninth

What had been a tight, seesaw battle Thursday between the Angels

and Diamondbacks, turned into a blowout for the Halos, who used a seven

run outburst in the top of the ninth inning to come away with a 14-7

victory in Seaview Little League Majors Division play.

Nearly every Angel got into the act offensively, with Frankie Mead

leading the way with a double, triple, and two RBI, and Michael Hensley

getting three hits and two RBI.

Other big hitters for the Angels included Sean Lavenau with a single and

double, Damion Loukas with a triple and single, Doug Brantley with an RBI

single, and Ricky Pineda with two base hits.

The Angels’ rally in the ninth wiped out a nice comeback by the

Diamondbacks, who had themselves rallied with two runs in the bottom of

the sixth inning to force extra innings.

Derek Demun had two hits and three RBI, Jon Van Dyke finished 3 for 4

with a double and RBI, Jenna Balester went 2 for 4 with an RBI, and Eddie

Clark and Randy Casillan each doubled to lead the D-backs.

In other games:

Mariners 4, A’s 3

Austin Ray delivered a two run home run to tie the score in the sixth

inning, and Cortlen Hernandez came up with the game-winning RBI single in

the seventh, to lift the Mariners.

Lucas Aumiller turned in a 3 for 3, one RBI performance for the winners.

Jeremy Brock went 2 for 2 with a double and Jordan Marquette went 2 for 3

with two RBI to pace the A’s.

MINOR A DIVISION

Indians 17, Yankees 1

Karcher Morris went 3 for 4, Sean King doubled among two hits, and

Clayton Prestridge, Justin Thompson, and Michael Bogard each had two hits

for the Indians.

Tommy Hennekam doubled and Terin Marlatt and Spencer Mauro each added

hits for the Yankees.

Marlins 5, Rangers 4

The Marlins were led by Drew Duffy, who went 3 for 3 with a triple, Erik

Morentin, who doubled and singled, and Luke Patrick, who finished 2 for

3.

Chris Ottens led the Rangers by going 2 for 2 with an RBI.

Mets 8, Cardinals 5

In an extra inning affair, Paul McBeth and Liam McGinn pieced together

consecutive doubles, and Anthony Ellis came up with the game winning RBI,

all in the eighth inning, as the Mets scored the comeback win.

Race Parmenter led the Mets with a double and two RBI.

Tanner Phillips hit an RBI double and Sam Olive had an RBI single for the

Cardinals.